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Arabic
Verb
أَبَى إِلَّا • (ʔabā ʔillā)
- (idiomatic) to insist
609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:32:يُرِيدُونَ أَن يُطْفِئُوا نُورَ اللَّهِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَيَأْبَى اللَّهُ إِلَّا أَن يُتِمَّ نُورَهُ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ- yurīdūna ʔan yuṭfiʔū nūra l-lahi biʔafwāhihim wayaʔbā al-lahu ʔillā ʔan yutimma nūrahu walaw kariha l-kāfirūna
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